The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-23
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YORK city, only about six per cent. seemed
10 have received tho careful supervision
OF tho mother; tho rest contained only
piece gilmore or lessistalc cake, or cake
and cheese, or slice of bread and but.
Ter, or some crackers. II Is truc that
school luncheon Is sometimes a problem,
but so much tho more need why the
mother herself should attend to Il and
solve II. E p h * ~. IA, -
Tho appctites Of some children are
capricious; though much less likely TO
DO 80 II born OF healthy, wholesome
parents. Butin'any case they have to a.!
DO considered and their food adapted to
constitutional pcculiaritics. Tho rugged
German constitution Is ascribcd TO daily
ratlons Of bread and soup; tho weakness
and dyspepsia, SO prevalent In America
10 cake and Ice cream. Food Is largely
n matter of habit appetite for special
articles Of food Is largely q matter of
habit. Women have tho power TO create
and re.crcate habits and appetites, md
ought to make n study Of improving the
race In this way, even II their influence
aud efforts arc confined TO their own
fnmily. Tho results are not 10 be effected
by talking, but by doing; by conscicn-r
tiously, acquiring tho best methods md
putting them In practice. Good air, good
food and good water arc the three great
agents In building up healthy human
bodies, and the housc.mothcr should see
that her family--cvcry member of it.
arc abundantly supplied with all three.
II tho problem OF tho servant girl
compcls women TO attend to their own
business and make that OF the public at
large secondary, good school lnncheons
will. reach larger average; and the
qualities necessary to successful house.
hold management be more truly recog-
nizcd and appreciated. Aircligion en-
shrined In stone has ceased 10 be a living
principle; IN author who has arrived at
the dignity of being illustrated is not
read; so housewifery, which Is every
where put into print, was never at n lower
ebb, never. before so much "a decorative
sham, so little a reality.
Foreign service has largely aided in
bringing this about. 1t has lowered the
tone of tho housework In which our
grandmothers took pride. 1t has made
II "mcnial." 4 Happy the community,
happy the household, where tho minis.
irntions of wife and mother preserve its
serenity unbrokcn and create sweet
and wholesome atmosphere in which all
the virtues live and flourish. Men
do not sufficiently prize this in
flucnce; at least II often seems as If
they did not. But this is not reason
for sighting our obligations, or neglect
ing our duty. Once in summer walk
CHANGED upon an obscure spot SO shut
in from outward observation that hardly
the suns rays could penetrate through
the LEAKAGE, Yet here, down in quiet
dell, it was thickest, most varied, most
beautiful. a little stream trickled over
Its messy bed and ferns grew in profu-
sion on its banks, delicate flowers lent
their color and their sweetness, and alto
gcther made picture which always lives
In my memory. But the beauty of 1t NIL
was that it was content TO live its eX-
quisite life as part of Gods world, with
out being put on exhibition, with no one
to sing Its praises, such that If or any
one should 90 that way it will be still
there, frcsher, Iovelier than ever, though
no human being had since then set his
eyes upon it, or looking had failed to
discover any attraction in its gentleness
and obscurity. JENNY JUNE.